Abstract:
As a lifelong resident of the Roseville and Rocklin area, Uno Jacob Hebuck was
especially suited to document the history of pioneer families of Placer County.
Hebuck was born on September 27, 1897 in Roseville, California. The Uno J. Hebuck
Collection is arranged in one series: 1. Manuscripts. Items span the years 1971
to 1977. Several items are undated.

Physical location: Roseville Public Library

Languages: Languages represented in this collection:
English

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Lola Aguilar processed this collection and created its finding aid in 2008.

Biographical History

As a lifelong resident of the Roseville and Rocklin area, Uno Jacob Hebuck was
especially suited to document the history of pioneer families of Placer County.
Hebuck was born on September 27, 1897 in Roseville, California. His parents were
born in Finland, father Henry A. in 1869 and mother Sofia Haaga in 1871. The couple
moved to 501 Tahoe Avenue, Roseville in 1889 and Henry worked in Rocklin as a blacksmith
for a granite quarry. The family soon grew with the addition of eleven children, three
of whom died. By 1907 the Hebuck children included Lewis, Sulo, Henry R., Lempi, Uno,
Marie, Harvey, and Elvira. Henry then moved his family to Cemetery Road in Rocklin.

Along with his brothers, Uno started playing baseball for local leagues at the age
of fourteen. From 1912 he also played saxophone for area bands and orchestras. Uno
graduated with the first class of Roseville High School and is credited with authoring
the school's motto, "Deeds Not Words." Beginning in 1917 Hebuck began a forty-five year
career, first as a machinist's helper then as a ticket clerk for the Southern Pacific
Railway Company. He moved to Orland, Knights Landing, Reno, NV, Truckee, and Folsom
before securing a position in the Roseville depot. He married his first wife Emma Cudly
the same year. Emma was born in Nebraska on September 15, 1900. Their daughter Una Mae
was born September 12, 1919.

Hebuck joined several fraternal organizations over the years, including the Roseville
Masonic Lodge No. 222, Loyal Order of Moose No. 1293, Odd Fellows Lodge No. 203, and the
Improved Order of Redmen and Minneopa Tribe No. 244. In the 1930s he volunteered for the
Democratic Central Committee and served as a member of the Roseville City Council from
1942 to 1946. From 1954 to 1955 Hebuck served as a member of the Roseville City Charter
Committee.

After his retirement from the Southern Pacific in 1962, Hebuck continued volunteering
as umpire scorekeeper, manager, and league director for local baseball. He eventually
wrote a baseball history, which he donated to local libraries and historical societies.
He also organized and played for an orchestra that performed at the Odd Fellows Lodge
for seventeen years. Hebuck compiled and wrote several pioneer family indexes for Placer
County, which he also donated to local repositories.

On October 3, 1972, Hebuck's wife Emma died. She was seventy-two years old. In 1973
Hebuck married Tyyni M. Panttaja. She was born in 1898 in Montana, but grew up in Rocklin.
The marriage ended in May 1974. Uno J. Hebuck died on January 25, 1980 and is buried at
the Roseville Cemetery.

Scope and Content

The Uno J, Hebuck Collection is arranged in one series: 1. Manuscripts. Items span the
years 1971 to 1977. Several items are undated.

The series consists of fourteen file folders and is arranged alphabetically by title and
includes histories, cemetery and family name indexes of Auburn, Lincoln, Newcastle, Rocklin,
Roseville and the Western Placer County area., including multiple copies of some of the
manuscripts.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.